English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Waverbank

Other OS name in the Parish of Boltons

Historical Forms

  • Wauerbank' 1539 MinAcct

Etymology

is Wauerbank '1539MinAcct . On the bank of the R. Waver supra 30 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement